Title 46, ShippingRelease 119-102

§10503 Exhibiting Merchant Mariners’ Documents

Title 46 › Subtitle II — Vessels and Seamen › Part G — Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief › CHAPTER 105 — COASTWISE VOYAGES › § 10503

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Before signing, a seaman needing a merchant mariner’s document must show the ship’s captain an endorsed document.

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Title 46, §10503

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Before signing the agreement required by section 10502 of this title, a seaman required by section 8701 of this title to have a merchant mariner’s document shall exhibit to the master a document issued to the seaman and appropriately endorsed for the capacity in which the seaman is to serve.

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Revised sectionSource section (U.S. Code) 1050346:643 Under section 10503 seamen who are required to have a merchant mariner’s document must exhibit it before signing a shipping agreement on a coastwise voyage.

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46 U.S.C. § 10503

Title 46, Shipping

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102